Meteorite Aletai crystal
Origin: County of Aletai, China
Discovery: 1898
Type: Siderite, IIIE-year
TKW (Total known mass): 74 t
Mass: 0.63 g
The Aletai meteorite holds the record for the largest dispersal field known to date spanning approximately 425 km, from China to Mongolia.
Publication no. 105 The Meteoritical Bulletin of September 19, 2017 identifies 5 names and synonyms for meteorites whose official name has since been Aletai (Armanty, Akebulake, Wuxilike, Ulasitai, Xinjiang).
In July 2023, 17 meteorites are classified IIIE and only 2 in IIIE-year.
IIIE-an are meteorites belonging to group IIIE but presenting abnormal properties which make them scientific curiosities!
Aletai indeed contains the greatest amount of gold of any specimen in this group, as well as considerable amounts of schreibersite.
Schreibersite is an iron phosphide in which the iron is partially replaced by nickel. Phosphorus plays a crucial role for all living beings, notably via the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecule which provides the energy necessary for chemical reactions in metabolism.
Phosphates exist on Earth, but are too unreactive to fuel probiotic chemistry reactions! To date, only the massive contribution from space can explain this phenomenon.
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Publication no. 105 The Meteoritical Bulletin of September 19, 2017 identifies 5 names and synonyms for meteorites whose official name has since been Aletai (Armanty, Akebulake, Wuxilike, Ulasitai, Xinjiang). Schreibersite is an iron phosphide in which the iron is partially replaced by nickel. Phosphorus plays a crucial role for all living beings, notably via the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecule which provides the energy necessary for chemical reactions in metabolism. Phosphates exist on Earth, but are too unreactive to fuel probiotic chemistry reactions! To date, only the massive contribution from space can explain this phenomenon. A member of the Meteoritical Society (MetSoc #6863) and International Meteorite Collectors Association (IMCA #2093) and the Global Meteorite Association (